Topic: FUN - on October 2, 2007 at 1:49:00 PM CEST
Waterfall
On a large surface is particularly difficult to do so to really look realistic figure. But, in my opinion, idea the authors implemented a 200% all very plausible, but some perspective is hard to believe that this is the usual fancy car.
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Topic: WEB - on October 2, 2007 at 1:46:00 PM CEST
Spam weapon helps preserve books
A weapon used to fight spammers is now helping university researchers preserve old books and manuscripts.
Many websites use an automated test to tell computers and humans apart when signing up to an account or logging in.
The test consists of typing in a few random letters in an image. and is designed to fight spammers.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on October 2, 2007 at 1:44:00 PM CEST
40+ Media Players That Aren’t iTunes
iTunes is arguably the most popular media player for Mac & Windows, with a recent update for the iPhone…but is it the best? Check out the competition: 40 other popular media players.
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Topic: GOOGLE - on October 2, 2007 at 1:42:00 PM CEST
Search giants offer new features
Yahoo and Microsoft have announced upgrades to their search engines in efforts to gain ground on rival Google.
Yahoo's makeover will include features that allow users to refine searches as well as offering links to photos, music and video on the results page.
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Topic: DRUGS - on October 2, 2007 at 10:23:00 AM CEST
Weeds' Mary-Louise Parker voted the 21st Top CelebStoner
Mary-Louise Parker's brown eyes dart from side to side, giving her time to respond to the latest crisis on Weeds, Showtime's popular pot show. Her character Nancy Botwin sells kind bud to the Agrestic's denizens when she's not busy raisng her family or going on drive-by shootings with the local gangsta.
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Topic: SECURITY - on October 2, 2007 at 10:21:00 AM CEST
Top 10 Uncracked Codes
Until quite recent history, the writing of the Ancient Egyptians was a secret to man. Eventually, with the help of the Rosetta stone, Jean-François Champollion was able to solve the ancient mystery. Since that time, there have been many other attempts to decipher ancient languages, or to crack codes that have been made for fun or fortune. This is a list of the ten most famous ciphers and writing systems that are still unsolved.
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Topic: CARS - on October 2, 2007 at 10:18:00 AM CEST
Suzuki Biplane
From the two-wheeled side of the business, Suzuki will present the Biplane concept motorcycle in Tokyo next month. If you're looking for a bunch of technical details, all we can tell you for certain is that it's powered by a V4 of undetermined size. Beyond that, this particular design study is aircraft-inspired in that the intent is to give the rider the same feeling as being in an open-canopied biplane.
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Topic: LOST FOUND - on October 2, 2007 at 10:15:00 AM CEST
Yoda Stamp
America voted, and the U.S. Postal Service will deliver the intergalactic results on Oct. 25, when an image of 900-year-old Jedi Master Yoda will be dedicated as a sheet of 20 stamps in New York City at Madison Square Garden. Since this 10 a.m. event is just six days before Halloween, stamp enthusiasts and Star Wars fans alike are encouraged to dress up as their favorite character from the Star Wars saga.
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Topic: Phone - on October 2, 2007 at 10:13:00 AM CEST
Skype founder quits
Skype co-founder and chief executive Niklas Zennstrom has quit his job running the eBay-owned IP telephony outfit day-to-day.
In an SEC filing, also today, eBay said it would take a $1.43bn hit in charges relating to Skype in Q3.
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Topic: e-bay - on October 2, 2007 at 10:11:00 AM CEST
Ebay cuts back its value of Skype
EBay has conceded that it paid too much for internet telephone service Skype - dramatically writing down the value of its investment.
The online auction firm said it would take charges of $1.43bn (£699.5m) on the 2005 purchase, when it paid $2.6bn for the business.
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Topic: SCIENCE - on October 2, 2007 at 10:09:00 AM CEST
Scientists Invent 30 Year Continuous Power Laptop Battery [Hoax]
Your next laptop could have a continuous power battery that lasts for 30 years without a single recharge thanks to work being funded by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory. The breakthrough betavoltaic power cells are constructed from semiconductors and use radioisotopes as the energy source. As the radioactive material decays it emits beta particles that transform into electric power capable of fueling an electrical device like a laptop for years.
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